Title :
Novel equalizer architecture for hitless rate switching in energy-efficient optical systems
Author :
Rozental, Valery N. ; Bruno, Gianmarco ; Camera, Marco ; Mello, Darli A. A.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. Eng., Univ. of Brasilia, Brasilia, Brazil
Abstract :
We propose a novel equalizer architecture for hitless rate switching in energy-efficient optical systems. Power savings are achieved by rate reduction under low client traffic. The equalizer architecture is experimentally validated in a 100G system.
Keywords :
equalisers; telecommunication traffic; wavelength division multiplexing; 100E system; WDM systems; energy-efficient optical systems; equalizer architecture; hitless rate switching; low client traffic; power savings; rate reduction; Adaptive equalizers; Bit error rate; Digital signal processing; Optical switches; Training;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Fiber Communications Conference and Exhibition (OFC), 2014
Conference_Location :
San Francisco, CA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-5575-2994-7
DOI :
10.1364/OFC.2014.Th4D.6
